Gourds often require 110-120 days to mature. Start the seeds inside about two weeks before the last frost. Keep the gourds on the vine as long as possible. Jennifer Behm often covers them to protect ...

Long ago, American Indians recognized the benefits of attracting purple martin colonies to their villages, and so they would hang natural gourds as nests. So great was their interaction that over ...

Using a small gourd you grow or buy, create this birdhouse, according to Marcie Evans, who grows gourds for birdhouses in Poquoson: 1. Select a dried gourd and clean the outside surface by soaking it ...

My friend Avi picked up a package of gourd seeds at the local garden shop this past spring. She just wanted something growing on the trellis in her back yard. She was feeling like Jack and the ...